17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
From: IN%"unicorn@schloss.li" "Black Unicorn" 24-MAY-1996 15:07:57.78
On Wed, 22 May 1996, Ernest Hua wrote:
Could someone with some knowledge of NSA/DoS/FBI intentions please explain why key length limitations are necessary for escrowed encryption?
To deal with the possibility that someone might slip through the cracks of the escrow process.
Insurance.
Hmm.... what were the normal key-length recommendations again? This appears to imply that the NSA can break at least 64-bit, and probably 80-bit, encryption. How does this translate into public key lengths? E.g., how many normal bits is a 1024-bit PGP key equivalent to? -Allen